Walt Whitman Park

Walt Whitman Park is a 2.9 acre plot of land adjacent to Cadman Plaza Park which was officially named after the poet in 1955 to celebrate the centennial of the first edition of Leaves of Grass. In 2009, after years of neglect during which portions of the park served as a parking lot, proposals were sought for its redevelopment. In 2013, the space was reopened to the public after a 4.5 million dollar renovation.  The park is now more thoroughly integrated with Cadman Plaza Park and features a new centerpiece fountain with four excerpts from the 1892 edition of Leaves of Grass etched in the stone around its perimeter: I Dream’d in a Dream from “Calamus;” “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry;” To the States from “Inscriptions;” and The Bravest Soldiers from “Sands at Seventy.”